CAMPENHOUT, FRANS VAN

(1779-1848)

   Frans van Campenhout was born in Brussels on 5 February 1779. A composer, singer, and solo violinist at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, he wrote symphonies, operas, and masses, most of which are preserved in the library of the Conservatoire de Musique. He is most famous as the composer of the Belgian national anthem "La Brabançonne" (1830). Campenhout died in Brussels on 24 April 1848.